My Grandparents and Great Grandparents

I was just thinking today about my grandparents. Now that I am 40 most of them have been gone for many years. However, I am lucky to still have one grandmother going strong at 89 years old and hopefully many more.

She is my dad's mom and I love her more than words can express. She still drives, delivers Meals on Wheels to the old people as she calls them. Although, most of them are younger than her! She rides her stationary bike twice a day and she has medaled in the Senior Olympics in speed walking. She is in better shape than me! She still lives alone (albeit in a cabin on my aunt's property).

My paternal grandfather died in 1972 when he was 36 and my dad was only 17. I would have liked to meet him. My grandmother remarried in 1975. Grandad lived until 2013. My dad has 4 younger siblings and 3 step siblings.

My mom's parents lived until 2007 (her mom) and 2008 (her dad). They were amazing grandparents. I wish Eliana could meet them. I was sad when my grandmother died unexpectedly at only 78. My grandfather was lost without her and I was relieved when he followed her a year later. Mom is the 2nd oldest of five total siblings. 

I have too many good memories with all of my grandparents, to pick any to share with you. I have been truly blessed and lucky. I hope Eliana feels the same way about her grandparents as I do about mine.

This year mom's dad will turn 100. Her mom 97.  It is hard to believe how fast the time flies.

I was also lucky enough to get to know my great grandparents. They were my dad's grandparents. My great grandfather lived until I was 7. The clearest memory that I have of him, was him telling me not to pick my nose or my boogers would eat my fingers off. He lost 3 of his fingers in an industrial accident. 

My great grandmother died when I was 17. Now as an adult I regret not spending more time with her when she was alive. I am sure that she had some great stories to tell. However, I wasn't old enough to really care about that stuff. I am glad that Eliana has gotten to spend time with her great grandmother (my grandmother and my dad's mother). 

My daughter Eliana Valentina is very lucky because she gets to see her grandparents (my in laws) on a near daily basis. She also gets to see my parents in person on a yearly basis. I hope that she will grow to treasure this. She is the only little girl that I know of to call her four grand parents by their given names. My mom and mother in law both wanted a special title but they didn't stick. 

I was so very lucky to love and be loved by all of my grandparents and great grandparents. I know that my daughter Eliana Valentina Horton Mojica will be fortunate enough to have the same good luck. 

That's all for now. Til next time, Tyler